Garment



July 5, 1927.

M. F. DODGE GARMENT Filed March 30. 1925 combination of parts to be Ivided with armholes 13 straight line gowns.

.the garment whic Patented July 5,1927.

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This invention relates to undergarments or so-called slips, and theobject of the invention is to produce a slip which will conform to theconfi uration of the wearer at the shoulders an hang straight from theshoulders to the bottom in order that it will be adapted for use underthe present Another ob'ect'of this invention'is to produce a slip 0 thecharacter indicated, especially adapted for stout figures to produce theresult indicated, while providing expansible or yieldable sections forfullness in walking and sittin It is a further object of this inventionto produce a costume slip of the character, indicated which ispreferably formed by. em-

ploying two lengths of material, connected.

together by seams rearwardly of the sides in order to eliminatebulkiness under the arms, the said seams being associated with pleatsbelow the waistline.

It is astill further object of this invention to reduce a slip of thecharacter indicated w ich can be. expeditiously manufactured atcomaratively small cost.

With the fhregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction, and in the arrangement and hereinafter morefully set forth and claimed. 1

In. describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein likecharacters denote correspondwhi Figure 1 illustrates a view in elevationof the front ofthe slip;

Figure 2 illustrates a similar view of the side thereof- Figure 31llustrates"a. similar view of the rear thereof; I

Figure 4 illustrates a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2; and

Figure 5 illustrates a detail view of a fragment of the slip showing theformation of the seam and p eat on the inside of the garment.

Inthese drawin 10' denotes the front of is formed of one iece ofmaterial extending partially aroun the sides to the seam 11, at whichseam the back 12 is joined to the front. The slip is prowh h ing lparts,in the several views, and in.

and portions 14 extend to the shoulder seams 15 where the front isjoined to the back. A dart 16 extends from each shoulder downwardly tonear, the waistline of the garment and the said dart tapers from the topto the Waistline to cause the slip to conform to the fi ure of thewearer. The dart is relatively wide at the top, approximating an inch inwidth, although the inventor does not wish to be limited with respect'toproportions, as they will vary for garments of different sizes. The termdart, is herein used to define the parts 16 and 17 as that term is usedby the trade. Technically the parts 16 and 17 are what may be termedtapering tucks.

A horizontally disposed-dart 17 is formed in the garment under thearmholes and this dart flares from the dart 16 to the seam 11, it beingunderstood that one dart is rovided on each side of the garment. heformation of the dart in the manner indicated tends to raise the" sidestoward the back and causes the sides-to hang straight andelimi'nates'wrinkling of the garment under the arms. The darts 17 willbe found especially desirable in fitting the garment to stout figures,as it is well known that persons ofsuch figures have an excessive amountof flesh. at this point, especially where a stay is worn, and unless adart were formed, the garment would wrinkle at the armhole and'wouldalso sag toward the back.

The formation of the dart obviates this unpgrfectly is wider below thewaistline than it is above thei' waistline and the side portion haspleats 18 and 19 at its edges,

I the. said pleats being formed by turnin hem in place and to supportthe back, the; garment is provided with horizontally dispractice. Thedarts 17 also act to the material inwardly at the edges, and t c saidedges are secured to the frontrat the seams 20.

posed seams 23 which extend-from the junction of the seams 11 and 20toward the back, and the length of the seams 23 is approximately equalto the depth of the pleats, the relation of the seam 23 to the fold ofthe pleat being shown in Fig. 5 where the arrow A is intended toillustrate the position of the fold of the pleat and in which the seamon the inner side of the garment is depicted. The seam 23 also resultsin a smoother fitting of the garment, as well as preventing sagging ordipping of the garment at the lower edge of the pleats 18 and 19 andthis also tends to hold the hem 21 or the bottom of the garment inposition or approximately horizontal. Obviously if the seams 23 were notpresent, the lower edge of the garment would sag by the pleat draggingdown and showing below the edge of the garment,

A slip made in accordance with this invention has been found to possessadvantages in that relatively stout persons may wear it without causingthe garment to bulge under the arms or elsewhere, and the slip undersuch conditions hangs with its sides straight from top to bottom,whereas the fullness below the waistline affords room while the weareris walking or sitting.

In some instances, it may be desirable to make the garment with theso-called camisole top, in which event, the garment will be cut on thedotted line 24 and finished with shoulder straps and binding in theusual fashion.

I claim:

1, An undergarment having a front length of a width which will extendpast the sides of the wearer and a back width filling the space betweenthe edges of the front width, horizontally disposed darts below' thearms location of the garment, and vertically disposed darts at the sidesof the garment in the front taperin from the shoulders to the waistlineportlon of the garment.

2. An undergarment having a front length of a width which will extendpast the sides of the wearer and a back width filling the space betweenthe edges of the front width, horizontally disposed darts below the armslocation of the garment, said darts being flared from the front towardthe rear, and vertically disposed darts at the sides of the garment inthe front tapering from the shoulders to the waistline portion of thegarment. V

3. An nndergarment having a frontlength of a width which will extendpast the sides of the wearer and a back width filling the space betweenthe edges of the front width, 30

horizontally disposed darts below the arms location of the garment, saiddarts being flared from the front toward the rear, vertically disposeddarts at the sides of the garment in the front tapering from theshoulders to the-waistline portion of the garment, and pleats in therear length approximately between the waistline and the bottom of thegarment.

4. In a garmentof the character described, a front width extending fromthe shoulders to the bottom and having its vertical edges terminatingrearwardly of the sides of the garment, darts in the front lengthtapering from the shoulder to approximately the waistline, dartsextending horizontally under the arms location of the garment, the

said darts, flaring from the front toward the rear, a back length havingits edges secured to the edges of the front length, the

said back length being wider from the waistline to' the bottom than fromthe waistline to the top, the said wide portion of the back length beingshaped to form pleats at the seam where it is connected to the frontlength, and seams extending horizontally at approximately the waistlinefrom the last mentioned seams toward the back of the garment, the saidseams being approximately equal in length to the width of the pleats.

5. In a arment of the character described,

a front width extending from the shoulders to the bottom and having itsvertical edges terminating rearwardly of the sides of the garment, dartsin the front length tapering from the shouIder to approximately thewaistline, darts extending horizontally under the arms location of thegarment, the said darts flaring from the front toward the rear, a backlength having its edges secured to the edges of the front length,thesaid back length being wider from the waistline 'to the bottom thanfrom the waistline to the top, the said wide portion of the back lengthbeing shaped to form'pleats at the seam .where it is connected to thefront length, seams extending horizontally at approximately thewaistline from the last mentioned seams toward the back of the garment,the said seams being approximately equal in length to the width of thepleats, and a hem atthe bottom of the garment, the said seams connectingthe front and back lengths being notched at the junction of the saidseams and the hem.

' MARTHA FERN DODGE.

